It’s not that it’s surprising a political ad would feature indiscriminately selected, wholly unrelated b-roll to sell a candidate to the American public. It’s that they didn’t even bother to excise the Canadian flag from the opening shot clearly featuring Vancouver’s skyline.

Of course, but what is failed to be understood, if the national government does have this power, to manipulate the culture through the children of the nation, what happens when the wrong guy is in charge...

__________________The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.
-Albert Camus

Power is from the people, our system is designed to have the greatest power at the lowest level possible. For example, the highest level of law enforcement is on the county level with the elected Sheriff. The State and national government require permission to enforce law within the county.

__________________The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.
-Albert Camus